tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post543407055063983917..comments2016-12-03T21:10:33.331-05:00Comments on Queers United: Open Forum: A Drag for Trans Liberation?Queers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-58698209780007087532008-10-01T16:03:00.000-04:002008-10-01T16:03:00.000-04:00Drag: Where gays and lesbians with cisprivilege ge...Drag: Where gays and lesbians with cisprivilege get to do an Amos n Andy at transfolks expense.<BR/><BR/>QU, you are nontrans, right? or maybe FtM. If you are MtF, I am gonna cry...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-62629986023190907142008-09-29T16:24:00.000-04:002008-09-29T16:24:00.000-04:00I think that for the most part drag shows are posi...I think that for the most part drag shows are positive. If someone is laughing and mocking drag shows, they will likely be doing the same to a transgender person, so having the drag show can only help and not hurt in my opinion.Queers Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074493276489593816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-21412061830819542832008-09-29T14:44:00.000-04:002008-09-29T14:44:00.000-04:00I think drag balls and shows are inherently joyous...I think drag balls and shows are inherently joyous and liberating events--inclusive, fun, and celebrating not only our right to be who we inherently are as LGBTQ people, but celebrating our right, and that of our straight friends and everybody, to be who we WANT to be or to simply play with our identities. It is okay not to be serious all the time, and really, camp is a legitimate social expression of us turning our oppressed status into our OWN THING! I love it. Drag queens always make me happy. They are very special people. (btw, I'm a bi woman and a little reserved about doing drag myself. But there's a lot of us wallflowers smiling at the stage and the dance foor....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-70362757013093603022008-09-27T20:47:00.000-04:002008-09-27T20:47:00.000-04:00I don't think most gay men see drag shows as freak...I don't think most gay men see drag shows as freak shows. Most of us think of them as part of our lives and our community.libhomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451574857665049482.post-45827540175264133042008-09-27T18:25:00.000-04:002008-09-27T18:25:00.000-04:00I have been to several drag shows. I actually enjo...I have been to several drag shows. I actually enjoy them but i always leave with one thought..the continually reify the idea of the gender binary; certain clothing males and certain clothing for females. I believe that this perpetuates difference We need to move away from the idea that there is one way of being masculine or feminine. The binary is what is damaging not the people.Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388113393817266374noreply@blogger.com